Telemarketers must all rot in hell!

[VIAN]

Recently at the start of the year, I've been called and called and called by these telemarketers. Harrasing me. The phone won't stop ringing. What the fuk is this, spam on your phone? I have to waste my time to see if it's something important? Seriously, the shyt that goes on here in fukn New Jersey, USA.

 

[Nohr]

www.donotcall.gov FTW

 

[jadinolf]

I agree.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: Nohr
www.donotcall.gov FTW

He's in New Jersy. Is that the U.S.?

 

[VIAN]

thanx Nohr

 

[NiteWulf]

Originally posted by: jadinolf

Originally posted by: Nohr
www.donotcall.gov FTW

He's in New Jersy. Is that the U.S.?

Depends on who you ask

 

[SilentZero]

Originally posted by: NiteWulf

Originally posted by: jadinolf

Originally posted by: Nohr
www.donotcall.gov FTW

He's in New Jersy. Is that the U.S.?

Depends on who you ask

George Bush?

 

[lozina]

i actually got telemarketers calling my cell phone. How fvcked up is that.

 

[Vic]

Given all the laws regarding off-list, opt-out, and do-not-call, there is really is zero excuse to complain about telemarketing calls anymore.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

Originally posted by: lozina
i actually got telemarketers calling my cell phone. How fvcked up is that.

yeah they called my moms cell and she flipped out on them...i mean we have to pay for that, atleast when they call at home we're not charged

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: Vic
Given all the laws regarding off-list, opt-out, and do-not-call, there is really is zero excuse to complain about telemarketing calls anymore.

:thumbsup:


I do, however, continue to loathe and despise people who call my number looking for someone in debt. I've started threatening the crap out of them and they pretty much finally all stopped. They REFUSED to believe that "Edna Banks" didn't live at my name. Grr...

 

[imported_fictionised]

Not in Australia. We still have jerks from India and the like calling us around meal times, private numbers, etc., and there aren't nearly enough regulations yet to stop them. Boy, does it get me going...

 

[imported_fictionised]

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad

Originally posted by: lozina
i actually got telemarketers calling my cell phone. How fvcked up is that.

yeah they called my moms cell and she flipped out on them...i mean we have to pay for that, atleast when they call at home we're not charged

You have to pay when someone calls you? WTH?

 

[TwinkleToes77]

Originally posted by: fictionised

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad

Originally posted by: lozina
i actually got telemarketers calling my cell phone. How fvcked up is that.

yeah they called my moms cell and she flipped out on them...i mean we have to pay for that, atleast when they call at home we're not charged

You have to pay when someone calls you? WTH?

If they call during the daytime yes.. anytime minutes... im not wasting my precious anytime minutes telling telemarketers to fvck off.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: TwinkleToes77

Originally posted by: fictionised

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad

Originally posted by: lozina
i actually got telemarketers calling my cell phone. How fvcked up is that.

yeah they called my moms cell and she flipped out on them...i mean we have to pay for that, atleast when they call at home we're not charged

You have to pay when someone calls you? WTH?

If they call during the daytime yes.. anytime minutes... im not wasting my precious anytime minutes telling telemarketers to fvck off.

This is why it is unlawful to telemarket to a cell phone. You simply inform the telemarketer that they called a cell phone, ask them to remove your number from their list (i.e. off-list), and hang up. Quick and easy.

Yelling at a telemarketer, flipping out, chewing them out, etc. is the most stupid thing you can do. They're just regular people doing their jobs so they don't deserve it, but also they hear it all the time, are completely calloused to it, laugh when you're done, and mark you in the computer for a person who showed interest and needs more callbacks later. Seriously, that's what they do.
OTOH, if you tell them to take you off their list, that is a legally-binding contract against that company, and they cannot call back your number again.

 

[ktehmok]

If you don't recognize the number, or if doesn't show one, don't answer. It's very simple.